Your Snapchat Photos Will Likely Never Be Safe, But It's Not The Company's Fault

Earlier this month, digital forensics examiner Richard Hickman
found a way to resurface deleted Snapchat photos on Android
devices.

So we naturally wondered if there's anything users can do to
prevent this from happening. It sounds like there isn't.

Hickman tells us that the software his firm, Decipher Forensics,
uses will likely always be able to recover deleted Snapchat
photos. Though, Hickman says this a theory that the company is
currently testing.

In this case, it's not really Snapchat's fault. Forensic software is
designed to recover lots of things you delete, like your
pictures, text messages, and web history. Besides, the process is
by no means simple.

For starters, it requires someone to have access to your device.
In order to recover the files, you also need to purchase a piece
of software that costs north of $9,000. Once you pay for the
software, it still takes about six hours to fully recover the
photos.

So even though forensics firms can rediscover your deleted
photos, it's not necessarily something that users should worry
too much about.

Snapchat co-founder and CEO Evan Spiegel recently elaborated on
how the company stores and deletes Snaps. Head on over to the
Snapchat blog to learn more.